Walkthrough (Knife of Dunwall)

Dishonored's Knife of Dunwall Walkthrough is broken into "medium" Chaos, Low Chaos, and High Chaos sections since there are multiple ways to play the game.

One of the tougher ways to go through the game, "Low Chaos", is essentially a low kill playthrough (you cannot kill more than 20% of the enemies in the mission); however, Achievements and Trophies are awarded for killing no one (or letting their unconscious bodies come to harm), so there is a challenge in avoiding detection, while leaving enemies alive!

What is "Medium Chaos"?

Medium chaos isn't a game state -- it's merely there as a guide to playing the game on Low Chaos with an occasional kill or battle here and there (where it would make things easy to kill everyone).

Remember that killing anyone will negate the Cleaner Hands achievement (have no kills for the entire game), which is what the Low Chaos walkthrough pages are for.

Suggested Achievement Roadmap

Handle Cleaner Hands by itself, unless you feel like using a Save History as your extra "weapon" to save and reload all your failures at being seen or spotted (for Whisper Ways).

For Cleaner Hands, the Combat Sleep Dart and the Arc Mine are very handy purchases, since they are Daud's only non-lethal ranged attack.

For Whisper Ways, you cannot be spotted at all (the Metal Gear Solid Stealth Syndrome). Killing enemies is an option, so you may find the occasional stealth kill using a crossbow very helpful. This naturally, will disqualify you from Cleaner Hands.

Beware that in the mission The Surge, You will be forced to take on pairs of enemies interrogating assassins that must be rescued, forcing you to take out two or even three enemies at once all without alerting them if you wish to get Whisper Ways. Consider stocking up on Sleep Darts and Arc Mines, in conjunction with a level 2 Bend Time to get the job done.

All other achievements (esp. the secret achievements) can be accessed easily by maintaining a comprehensive Save History to access different points of the campaign.

Notes on Difficulty

There is no difficulty requirement for any achievement. You may accomplish them all on any difficulty setting you choose (and you may change the setting at any time).

A note on Easy Difficulty -- Daud does not need to be in "sneak mode" to choke or stealth kill enemies on Easy (he can be standing up; as long as the NPC is not aware of him, he can initiate either action).

You may find Easy difficulty the fastest / easiest way to do Cleaner Hands and Whisper WaysGhost especially once you upgrade Daud's boots to have maximum stealth. Once you do, you can literally sprint up to unaware targets and take them down.